In fact, the only really new release comes from Autoart with their 1970 vintage Mercedes 300SEL 6.3 (W 109 III), in white, and in the 1:18 scale. The price of this model: depending who you buy it from: ca. 110 € plus S & H.

What can we look forward to?
If all goes according to plan, the LP333 “Millipede” truck should be released fairly soon, meaning in about a month or so, in the Altaya press-collection “Camions d’autrefois”, which so far has apparently been quite a success in France. Of course, it’ll be a somewhat less luxurious version than the limited edition LP333 described in the News Nr.5 of March 2010, but I’m told it nonetheless will be a very attractive version, at an unbeatable price, and well worth adding to your collection. I’ll write more about this Altaya-version, as soon as I can.

To close this somewhat short bulletin, there is a fairly recent HO-scale (1:87) model worth mentioning, namely the Mercedes-Benz 170 SV “Geländesportwagen” (W 149 I) from 1938 – 1939, made by PremiumClassiXXs in its BUB-Series.

Will we ever see this car in 1:43 scale?
It certainly is an interesting sports two-seater, which for sure deserves to be “modeled” in a scale larger than 1:87… With this thought, let me wish you a Happy Easter, and all the best until next time.